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is the situation at the different level of the society 8 A – Definition 8 C – The enterprise level   11 D – The French side to sustainable development 13 E – Focus on the Fench retail sector 16 VI – Sustainable development at Carrefour Hypermarkets France 18 D - Zooms on the actions taken by Carrefour   22 VIII – Conclusion and recommendations 27 Appendices 28 Referencing 32 III - Introduction : Today, the term "sustainable development" is increasingly present in France and

Oral d’anglais I did my training course in Auchan. This is a hypermarket and it is situated in Le Pontet. This supermarket attracts lots of costumers. Well, I chose this firm because I like work in because you can make a lot of activities. In this firm, I was responsible to one department which is Baby cloth-nursery nursing. A typical day started at 9 am, I cleaned the department and actualized prices. More later, I helped consumers or others shop assistants and I sold products. Around 12 pm

player with operations in over 30 countries. Major formats are hypermarkets, supermarkets and discount stores. Well known for entering and adapting to emerging markets. Group turnover (2002): EUR85.6 billion Total number of stores (including franchises): 10,673 Background Carrefour SA was first listed on the French stock market in 1970. First opening stores in France during the 1960s, Carrefour went on to open the first hypermarkets in France and Europe. First started expanding into the rest

Europei şi forme de distribuţie relativ mai puţin dezvoltate în sudul continentului. Un loc aparte ocupă ţările din Europa Centrală şi de Est, care, după anul 1989, trecând la economia de piaţă, încearcă să dezvolte formule de comercializare noi (hypermarket-uri, supermarket-uri, magazine cash &carry). Sistemul de distribuţie european s-a caracterizat, în perioada ultimilor 50 de ani, printr-o segmentare mai accentuată, prin concentrare, prin dominarea strategiilor de internaţionalizare şi diversificare

1106 in Latin America, 574 in Asia and 261 franchisees in Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Slovakia, Japan, …). All in all, Carrefour is present in 31 countries and employs 490,000 persons in the world. {draw:frame} It has different stores: 1208 hypermarkets, 2882 supermarkets, 6160 hard discount stores, 4726 convenience stores, 166 cash and carry and e-commerce. Carrefour is a limited company with a board of directors, its registered office is situated in Levallois-Perret in France and the director

formats like the majority of retailers, although it does have interests in a small number of hypermarkets in the US. Kroger is ranked number one on the supermarket retail segment (16.9% value share). It also dominates in terms of numbers of outlets: 2,364 supermarkets in 2008 versus Safeway’s 1,510 stores (Safeway is ranked n°2 in the supermarket segment). But Kroger is only number five on the hypermarket retail segment (1.9% value share, Wall-Mart is n°1). Kroger is present on the Internet, but is

commercial market. The emerging countries did not find difficulties adapting themselves to this new mode of consumption, since it’s offering a wide and deep assortment in a sophisticated place without forgetting the low prices practised by these hypermarkets. Our curiosity leads us to discover the source of this new phenomenon. Definition: The distribution is a set of operations and stages following the function of production, operated by the producer himself or by one or several specialized intermediaries

which are sold by hypermarkets only. Cash & Carry and wholesale stores sell industrial goods (mostly food) as they sell to businesses (food trade professionals). MANAGING PRODUCTS LIFE CYCLE In order to offer the best possible product mix, the group needs to manage products life cycle efficiently (this is mostly useful for supermarkets). If they had to offer the same range as retail specialists across 10 categories, they would need 25,000 m² just for non-food goods. But hypermarkets sales floor areas

1°) Risk Management 2°) Annual Report 3°) Analysis of ratios and financial datas IV. Recommendations V. Bibliography Introduction In forty years, the Carrefour group; french international chain of hypermarket, became a leader; number 1 in Europe, 2nd largest retail group in the world behind the American Wal-Mart in term of revenues and sales figures. Created in 1959 in Annecy by Marcel Fournier and Denis Defforey, where is located the first

(carrefour in French). The group was created by Marcel Fournier, Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforey and grew into a chain from this first sales outlet. The Carrefour group pioneered the concept of a hypermarket, a large supermarket and a department store under the same roof. They opened their first hypermarket 15 June 1963 in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, near Paris in France. The growth of the group slows down and discord between families founder appear. So, in 1985, it’s decided to nominate, for the first